River Bodies

Author: Karen Katchur
Genre: Thriller
Publisher: Amazon Publishing, 2018
Pages: 302
Rating: Do Not Recommend

Synopsis: A body just turned up in the small town of Portland, Pennsylvania. The crime is eerily similar to a twenty-year-old cold case: another victim, brutally murdered found in the Delaware River. Lead detective Parker Reed is intent on connecting the two murders, but the locals are on lockdown, revealing nothing.

The past meets the present when Becca Kingsley, who returns to Portland to be with her estranged by dying father, runs into Parker, her childhood love. As the daughter of the former police chief, Becca's quickly drawn into the case. Coming home has brought something ominous to the surface - memories long buried, secrets best kept hidden. Becca starts questioning all her past relationships, including one with a man who's watched over her for years. For the time, she wonders if he's more predator than protector.

In a small town where darkness hides in plain sight, the truth could change Becca's life - or end it.

Review: Page 1 opens with the murder scene, reminiscent of Melinda Leigh's Say You're Sorry. That novel was off and running at that point, this novel was not. I decided to read up to page 50, and then decide if I was going to keep reading, or not.

I thought around page 35 the book had some potential, but eventually that fizzled too. I just didn’t care about any of it...the characters, or what happened to them. Just a big ol’ snooze fest.

Side note, having grown up in Pennsylvania, I first wondered if Portland is an actual town here. It is.